Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kimberlin v. Lear

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1972No. 6756Published

1Dissent

Zenoff, C. J., with whom Gunderson, J., agrees,

dissenting:

Appellants assert that Lear created an attractive nuisance and therefore a cause of action is stated. At this stage of the game we believe that Lear should be held to answer because having caused the holes to be drilled he has a responsibility to inform his vendees that they existed.

Apparently, Nevada has not yet adopted the doctrine of attractive nuisance, Smith v. Smith-Peterson Company, 56 Nev. 79, 85, 45 P.2d 785 (1938), but has referred to it in that case and in Orr Ditch Co. v. Dist. Ct., 64 Nev. 138, 178 P.2d 558 (1947).

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jones v. BillingsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  2. Copfer v. GoldenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  3. King v. LennenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Allen v. William P. McDonald CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
  5. Orr Ditch & Water Co. v. Justice Court of Reno TownshipNevada Supreme Court · 1947

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